![]() ![]() “She rocks it like the naughty Wicked Witch of the West” he declares on “Shakin’ Hands”, a line that’s laughably bad not because of Kroeger’s poor word choices, but because Kroeger delivers the “it” without even a hint of irony. Instead of coming off as macho, however, Kroeger sounds sophomoric, inane and downright stupid. ![]() Virtually every song on the disc tackles sex or drinking (or both) - an unabashed celebration of the heterosexual hedonism that Kroeger feels entitled to. Kroeger no longer focused his writing on affecting stories of everyday people: His songs were slowly becoming more and more about himself, which confirms why Dark Horse is one of the most introverted, self-serving albums you’re likely to hear all year.ĭark Horse is all about Kroeger, and, from the sounds of it, he’s as horny as ever. In 2006-07, “Rockstar” became another calling card for the group - a song about everyone’s desires to become, well, rock stars. “Feelin’ Way Too Damn Good”, a 2004 hit, showed the band was slowly shying away from the “serious” songs that Nickelback had made its trademark. Yet even hardcore fans could detect a bit of change in Kroeger’s worldview as time pressed on. When All the Right Reasons dropped in 2005, few could have imagined it becoming a slow-burning mega seller, continually popping off hits, staying on the charts for over three years and moving nearly eight million copies in the process - a feat virtually unimaginable in today’s retail climate. ![]() Following “How You Remind Me”, Nickelback kept knocking out huge rock hits year after year, and its albums kept selling by the bucket load, and - like all great radio titans - the band rarely (if ever) changed up their sound. Nickelback, after all, is a “serious” band, and they demand to be treated as such. When this group of Canadian rockers broke into the mainstream with 2001’s “How You Remind Me”, they carried with them seemingly huge ambitions: Singer Chad Kroeger attempts to paint vivid character portraits with his boisterous rock guitars and everyman rock vocals. ![]() Apparently, Nickelback is “critic-proof.”Īs many articles are quick to point out, Nickelback have never received much love from critics, spawning indifference in some sectors and outright hatred in others. ![]()
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